Brooks College holds faculty showcase

Six faculty members from the Brooks College of Interdisciplinary Studies gave presentations about work completed during their sabbaticals February 11 in Lake Ontario Hall.

Each faculty member used sabbatical time to work or complete a book; they are listed below.

• Craig Benjamin, professor of history, Empires of Ancient Eurasia: The First Silk Roads Era;

• Jeremiah Cataldo, associate professor of history, A Social-Political History of Monotheism: From Judah to the Byzantines;

• Roger Gilles, professor of writing and director of the Meijer Honors College, Women on the Move: The Forgotten Era of Women’s Bicycle Racing; 

• Cáel Keegan, assistant professor of women, gender, and sexuality studies, Lana and Lilly Wachowski : Sensing Transgender;

• Jack Mangala, professor of area and global studies and political science, Africa and its Global Diaspora: The Policy and Politics of Emigration; and

• Kimberly McKee, assistant professor of liberal studies and director of the Kutsche Office of Local History, Disrupting Kinship: Transnational Politics of Korean Adoption in the United States.